As with many other vocal effects, also growl is a spontaneous sound that singers produce due to an expressed emotion. It is a commonly used vocal effect in soul and blues music, for instance. One of the most commonly know growl users is probably Louis Armstrong with his legendary What Continue Reading
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Vocal Effects: Grunt
Grunt, which can often be heard in death metal and black metal, is a vocal effect containing a lot of ‘noise’. It sounds very strong and dark, and according to Complete Vocal Institute it is often used to express emotions from despair to aggression. Grunt is said to sound like Continue Reading
Learn To Feel Singing Part 3: The Vocal Tract
We evaluate our own and other’s singing mostly by what we hear. Besides to listening, smart singers also learn to notice what they are doing in the body because it is the most efficient way to learn new things and on the other hand to strengthen the existing skills – Continue Reading
Learn To Feel Singing Part 2: The Vocal Folds
We evaluate our own and other’s singing mostly by what we hear. Besides to listening, smart singers also learn to notice what they are doing in the body because it is the most efficient way to learn new things and on the other hand to strengthen the existing skills – Continue Reading
Learn To Feel Singing Part 1: The Body
We evaluate our own and other’s singing mostly by what we hear. Besides to listening, smart singers also learn to notice what they are doing in the body because it is the most efficient way to learn new things and on the other hand to strengthen the existing skills – Continue Reading
5 Music-Mental Anchors For Jazz Improvisation
Vocal improvisation means free vocalization that is created freely in the moment. The whole potential of vocal improvisation can be released if the improvisation is anchored into five different aspects during singing. In this context we are borrowing a term anchoring used in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). According to the NLP Continue Reading
SOVT: A Weird Name That Conceals A Powerful Vocal Exercise
SOVT or semi-occluded-vocal-tract means simply that the mouth is kept partially closed during vocalizing. This is the case when you hum, do the lip roll, slide with /ng/ or sing a melody with a rolling /r/, for instance. In addition, many voice teachers utilize phonating through a straw or a Continue Reading
Passaggio – A Transition Between Registers
If you are not familiar with vocal registers, please read an article about them first. One Of The Foundations In Classical Singing Passaggio (or bridge) is a term used in classical singing. It describes the transition from a vocal register to another. In contemporary commercial music term vocal break is Continue Reading
Chiaroscuro: Union Of Brightness And Darkness
In classical singing the term chiaroscuro (ital.) is used to describe a sound ideal when both the brightness (chiaro) and the darkness (oscuro) are present at the same time. Combining these two extremes creates a rich sound with a broad spectrum of overtones. In classical singing the ideal goal is Continue Reading
Vocal Effects: Distortion
Distortion is a vocal effect that can be heard in singing when expressing intensive, sometimes aggressive emotions. Many singers have used distortion in their singing, some of which are Janis Joplin, James Brown, Steven Tyler, Michael Bolton, Tina Turner, etc. Distortion Is Produced In The False Vocal Folds Distortion is Continue Reading